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[O light of love that shines for me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Homer F. Morris Incipit: 56356 11151 23311 Used With Text: O Light of Love
[O light of love that shines for me]

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O Light of Love

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O light of love that shines for me Refrain First Line: O blessed light of love divine Used With Tune: [O light of love that shines for me]
O Light of Love

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O Light of Love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Crowning Hymns No. 8 #80 (1928) First Line: O light of love that shines for me Refrain First Line: O blessed light of love divine Languages: English Tune Title: [O light of love that shines for me]
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O Light of Love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Crowning Hymns No. 11 #150 (1931) First Line: O light of love that shines for me Refrain First Line: O blessed light of love divine Languages: English Tune Title: [O light of love that shines for me]
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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "O Light of Love" in Crowning Hymns No. 8 Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
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Homer F. Morris

Composer of "[O light of love that shines for me]" in Crowning Hymns No. 8 Born in Georgia, died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022)
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